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Contents 1 Tidy: Notice: entity "..." doesn't end in ";" 1.1 Cause: 1.2 Example: 1.3 Solution: 1.4 References:

Tidy: Notice: entity "..." doesn't end in ";"

Cause:

The error is caused by an improperly terminated character entity.

In HTML 4, this is a notice message or recommendation, not an error. In XHTML, however, it is an error.

Example:

Entity "&nbsp" doesn't end in ";"

Some &nbsp &nbsp spaces

Some   spaces

Solution:

Add a ";" at the end of each entity.

References:

• W3C: HTML 4 Specification - Entities
• W3C HTML: Further W3C remarks about ";"